Lunch-counter partition



Dec. 1,19% v 1,563,381 V C. O. LARMORE LUNCH COUNTER PARTITION Filed April 4, 1925 M 70173 a l'rnare INVENTOR BY W WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES P CLINTON O. LARMORE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

LUNCH-COUNTER PARTITION.

Application filed April 4:, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON O. LARMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lunch-Counter Partitions, of which the following is a specification.

Ordinarily lunch rooms have fixed on the floor thereof, directly to the front of the counter thereof, stools providing seats for guests. These stools are spaced at equidistant intervals, and frequently the dishes ordered by one patron are arranged on the space for an adjacent patron. This frequently results in confusion and the patrons have no privacy. The object of this invention is to provide a lunch room counter with stalls or compartments for the several patrons.

A further object is to divide a lunch room counter into stalls or compartments by paneled frames which are effectively sustained at the top of the counter, project outwardly therefrom and are braced by brackets which are secured to the front of the counter.

A further object is the provision of a means for this purpose in which frames are employed and designed to rest on and to be secured on the top of a counter, the said frames having removably secured therein panels and have their outer and projecting ends braced by downwardly extending brackets which are secured to the front of the counter and which grip the outer edge and under face of a projecting ledge of the counter.

With the above broadly stated objects in view, the invention further consists in the construction, combination and operative association of elements, a satisfactory embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of one of the panel carrying frames.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view looking toward the rear portion of the base of one of the frames.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a counter, such as is commonly employed in lunch rooms.

Serial No. 20,748.

Fixed on the floor of the lunch room directly forward of the counter 1 there are stools or seats 2 for the patrons of the lunch room.

These stools are arranged at equidistantly.

spaced intervals to allow the patrons to make use of certain equally proportioned parts of the top 3 of the counter. With such arrangement the dishes intended for one patron are frequently placed in the space belonging to the adjacent patron and aside from this discomfort the patrons are afforded no privacy.

In carrying out the invention the top 3 of the counter 1 is divided into stalls or compartments through a novel means which constitutes the present invention.

The improvement contemplates the em ployment of substantially rectangular frames which are broadly indicated by the numeral 4. The inner upright 5 of each of the frames 4 is slotted throughout the length thereof, and the base 6 of each of the frames is extended a suitable distance inwardly with respect to the upright 5. The top, bottom and front elements of the frame are grooved, as at 7, the said groove aligning with the slot in the inner frame member 5. These grooves provide ways for a panel 8. Prefer ably the panel is in the nature of a glass plate whose inner edge is cut angularly. The panel is retained in the frame through the medium of a plate 9, which is secured on the inner end of the base portion 6 of the said frame by means 10. The base portion 4 6 has openings therethrough, the top of the said base portion 6 being arranged around said openings and through these openings there are designed to pass elements 11 which secure the frame and the top 3 to the counter 1. Preferably integrally formed on the outer portion of each of the frames 4 there is a depending bracket 12. The bracket has its inner edge at its upper portion notched, as at 13, and this notch receives therein the projecting ledge of the counter top 3. Each bracket terminates in a straight portion 14 that is in contacting engagement with the outer face of the counter 1. The portions 14 are formed with lateral ears 15 and through these ears there are passed securing elements 16, which, of course, enter the front of the counter. The improvement is of ornamental appearance and will add to the attractiveness of the lunch room. Aside from this the improvement divides the counter into stalls or counters which greatly adds to the comfort of the patrons of the lunch room and obviates the liability of displacement of dishes intended for a patron. c

Having described the invention, I claim Means for dividing a counter into stalls or compartments, comprising a substantially rectangular frame whose inner upright is slotted, and whosev upper, lower and outer members are grooved in aline with the slot, the lower member of the frame being extended rearwardly from the slotted member thereof and having means for securing the same on the top of the counter, a removable panel designed to be received through the slot and in the grooves of the frame, means for removably securing the panel in the frame, a bracket integrally formed with and projecting downwardly from the outer portion of the lower member of the frame, said bracket having its inner edge notched to receive therein the projecting ledge of the top of the counter and laterally extending brackets on the inner straight end of the bracket for contacting with the outer face of the counter and. for receiving therethrough securing means.

i In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CLINTON O. LARMORE. 

